approaches with technical engineering skills. This requires anenhanced curriculum with a focus on student teamwork, a greater consideration of social context,improved communication with diverse constituents, and reflection on an ethical understanding oftheir decisions and solutions. Effective faculty members need to mirror these values and skills intheir instruction and mentoring. Efforts have begun to reimagine the “engineering canon” whichrequires a shift from positioning engineering as a purely technical endeavor to framing it associo-technical. We are developing a new General Engineering program that incorporates thisperspective [30]. In addition, we are developing modules that emphasize the sociotechnicalnature of engineering for traditional
students were coming in with proficiency with the Parallax BOE-Bot.Additionally, the Arduino provided more functionality. Thus, changing to the Arduino allowedfor advances to the projects being conducted in the classes. Also, choosing to use the Arduinorequired the curriculum developers to design a chassis to make the microcontroller mobile for theENGR 120 robot challenge. This chassis construction added more fabrication opportunities forthe students to experience.When the Arduino was implemented in the curriculum in 2011, updates were made to coursematerials to reflect the new microcontroller. However, since that time six years ago, the coursehas not undergone a major update. Viewing curriculum as a living document, faculty atLouisiana Tech
Style Model [16, 17]. Sensing learners (concrete, practical, vs. Intuitive learners (conceptual, innovative, oriented toward facts and procedures) oriented toward theories and meanings); Visual learners (prefer visual vs. Verbal learners (prefer written and representations of presented material) spoken explanations); Inductive learners (prefer presentations that vs. Deductive learners (prefer presentations proceed from the specific to the general) that go from the general to the specific); Active learners (learn by trying things out, vs. Reflective learners (learn by thinking working with others) things
% program I feel like I am successful in my 25% 43% 31% 2% engineering program I doubt my abilities to succeed in my 2% 8% 66% 25% engineering program*In my engineering classes, I feel like I 31% 34% 31% 3% matter. Always Most of the time Sometimes Never Findings from the focus group interviews are presented in order to reflect the majorfoci of the interviews: (1
of Liberal Arts Education [23], [31]. • Engineering work/practice considerations (7 items): respondents rated the importance of seven considerations relevant to engineering based on ABET criteria (e.g., technical, environmental, social, economic, health/safety, manufacturability, and ethical) [1].• Macro-ethics (8 items): Comprised of items about the obligations, duties, and social responsibilities of engineers, including in relation to the technologies they create.• Moral Attentiveness (7 items): A scale intended to measure the extent to which students perceive and reflect on moral issues in their day-to-day experiences [32]. • Moral Disengagement (24 items): A scale that measures students’ tendency to morally
the participants' workshop experience--a testament to the effort put forth bythe workshop coordinators and staff. ASCE will offer three ETWs in 2018, reflecting thecontinued strong demand for the program as its 20th anniversary approaches. The third workshopis made possible through generous funding from the Durham School at the University ofNebraska, Omaha where the third workshop will be hosted. The ExCEEd demand as defined bynumber of applications received is shown in Figure 2 as well as in Table 1.In total, 267 different institutions have sent faculty members to ETW. The eleven universitieswith the most ETW graduates are listed in Table 2. Given these institutions’ high level ofparticipation in Project ExCEEd, it is evident that ETW
(STEM).Dr. Tamara Ball, University of California, Santa Cruz Dr. Tamara Ball is a project-scientist working with several education and research centers at the Univer- sity of California, Santa Cruz. Her work with the Institute for Science and Engineer Educators focuses on informing efforts to redesign undergraduate STEM education to reflect workplace practice and engage stu- dents in authentic scientific inquiry and problem solving through design. Her work Sustainable Engineer- ing and Ecological Design (SEED) collaborative at has focused on developing programmatic structures to support interdisciplinary and collaborative learning spaces for sustainability studies. She is the program director for Impact Designs
change their institution’s policies and practices, they are also seeking out mentors [10],[12], and [23]-[27], and networks of mentors [11], [12], [19] to provide strategies and support asthey move through their academic lives. This paper provides four examples of conferencesdeveloped by universities as an avenue to build communities for women of color who are currentor prospective faculty members. Goals, strategies, outcomes, and lessons learned from each ofthe conferences are described. The strategies reflect the varying cultures of the institutions andindividuals involved in developing them. The paper concludes with a summary of actions theseuniversities are taking forward to continue to build communities and networks for current
offering.AcknowledgementsThis material is based in part upon work supported by the National ScienceFoundation General & Age-Related Disabilities Engineering (GARDE)Program under grants CBET–1067740 and UNS–1512564. Opinions, findings,conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of theauthor(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF. The authors acknowledge the students that participated in this effort and their work in termsof example images and data that they provided for this paper. This material was included withthe written permission of the students. References[1] "iHealth Feel Wireless Blood Pressure Monitor," iHealth Labs Inc., 2017, https://ihealthlabs.com/blood-pressure-monitors/wireless
whenplaced within the context that considers the professor’s specific objectives, the complexity ofthe subject matter, the physical setting of the classroom, and the capabilities of the learners.The challenge is to choose a suitable method at the appropriate time. Understanding the prosand cons of the lecture method is a helpful starting point.Lectures have a number of characteristics that does make them, for the right subject matter,desirable in the classroom (14) .It does, to a great extent, depend on the abilities andexperience of the lecturer. An able and committed lecturer can accomplish the following: 1. Relate the material proficiently and effectively, in a manner that reflects lecturer’s personal conviction and grasp of the subject
. collaborated on thedevelopment of a software package based on the Robot Operating System (ROS) to facilitateseamless communication and transfer of location information between robots. To effectively setupa distributed network (see Figure 7) and enable information transfer between the robots, they hadto understand the concept of custom messages in ROS. Later, using fiducial marker-based tracking,they extracted localization information and constructed a custom message that is transferred topeer robots. The project further involved reflecting the localization information of the robots intoan iPad app for user interaction.4.6. Game-based tele-rehabilitative solutions for stroke patients: The goal of Mr. A.R. in thisproject was to iterate through the
Python on top of the Django framework. The low level of design skills wasnoted by faculty teaching the following design course, SWEN-262 Engineering of SoftwareSubsystems, which emphasizes design abstraction and design patterns. Students were talkingabout design information learned in their first-year CS course and not the Introduction toSoftware Engineering course. The department's Industrial Advisory Board also identified this asa problem after having discussions during our annual meeting with students at all year levels.Learning Goals for the CourseIn considering yet another redesign of our Introduction to Software Engineering course, we gavesome reflection on why we had so much trouble getting this course "right". We were
connectionbetween parts one and two.The quantum dot data collection went very smoothly, and all three students were able tobuild a spreadsheet with their data and results without issues. It is possible that afreshman or sophomore may experience more difficulties when reading the theory andcollecting data due to less experience in a laboratory setting.6 AcknowledgementsThis project is supported by the National Science Foundation through the ATE program,Award No. ATE 1700695. Any opinions, findings, and recommendations expressed in thispaper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation.References [1] Klaus D. Sattler, Ed., Handbook of Nanophysics: Nanoparticles and Quantum Dots - Google Books. Boca
. Throughout most of the projectFollowing the questions above, the students were also asked about their team dynamics: s. To what extent did you work as a team?Answers were provided in five scales: 1. Almost never 2. Rarely 3. Sometimes 4. Often 5. Almost alwaysDirect assessment about students’ technical learning was conducted using a PBL rubric that theinstructors used to grade their design reports. This score indicates the quality of their design andhow much actually they satisfied their customer. Sometimes there is a discrepancy between howmuch the students believe they learned and how much the instructor determines they learned.One of the contributing factors is that the students’ perspective reflected from the survey aboveis
. However, students’ exposure to intuitive reasoning, which plays a role in all decision-making, is limited during their undergraduate engineering formation. In an effort to generate abaseline for how we can operationalize intuition in the context of engineering education, thepurpose of our current research was to synthesize characterizations and portrayals of intuitivereasoning. We focused on literature from the field of management because intuition isconsidered in the context of complex, strategic decisions, which are reflective of the designdecisions central to engineering. The specific research questions addressed in this study are 1)how does extant management literature characterize intuition?, and 2) how does extantmanagement literature
inundergraduate engineering programs. However, reported survey results depend on how questionsare asked and how results are interpreted. Outcomes involving design of experiments, theNavier-Stokes equations, static equilibrium in 3D, and teamwork could be assessed to someextent on the FE, but they are not; is this a reflection of the consensus of faculty surveyed or aconsequence of the survey process? How do we confirm that the content and emphasis of the FEreflects the opinions of the surveyed faculty members? Additionally, how are the specificationstranslated into questions? How is the handbook developed? Is it involved in determining examcontent? What do the numbers on the subject matter reports even mean?The FE might be reliable but it is not
analysis techniques. (level: analysis) 3 Model and test virtual circuits. (level: application and analysis) 4 Construct and test circuits on a bread board. (level: application and analysis) 5 Design, construct and test a multi-output DC power supply circuit. (level: synthesis) 6 Analyze a basic AC circuit using mathematics and circuit analysis techniques. (level: analysis) 7 Analyze AC/DC motors and generators. (level: analysis)`The ABET outcomes associated with the CLOs are listed below. Note that these will have to beupdated to reflect the ABET changes that will go into effect for the 2019-20 accreditation cycle.(a) Ability to apply knowledge of math, science
byexplaining that, “if I get something wrong when I’m taking the quiz, I think there’s somethingwrong with the quiz or the rubric.” This participant is not reflecting on the results of the trainingin a way that will improve consistency. They perceive training as being quizzed to prove abilityrather than the calibration process it is intended to be.Implications and Recommendations Each of the themes identified in the previous section indicate potential root causes forinconsistencies in grader interpretations, decisions, and behaviors. While some of these issueshave been identified previously in the literature, these findings present a few new ideas andprovide additional nuance to refine or extend upon old ideas. Notably, these findings
, the VIP Program is intended forstudents of sophomore rank and above. Freshmen who participate are exceptions to the rule, who oftenhave related experience and high motivation. The higher means reflect these traits. If the programactively recruited freshmen, the mean would likely approach that of or be lower than the sophomoremean.Analysis of variance on giving help also showed statistical significance for the number of semestersstudents were in VIP, with groupings of one, two, and three or more semesters. However, VIP experienceis related to academic rank, as both increase over time. The correlation is not one-to-one, because studentscan begin VIP at any academic rank, but they are related. This can be seen by visually mapping upperoutliers
necessarily reflect the views of theNational Science Foundation or the US Department of Education.REFERENCES1. NSF, Division of Science Resources Statistics. 2017. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering. Available at https://www.nsf.gov/statistics/2017/nsf17310/.2. National Center for Education Statistics, Digest for Education Statistics, Available at https://nces.ed.gov/programs/digest/d16/tables/dt16_219.70.asp.3. Joint Venture Silicon Valley (2012). The 2012 Index of Silicon Valley p. 36, Available at http://www.jointventure.org/images/stories/pdf/2012index-r2.pdf.4. NSF, Division of Science Resources Statistics. 2017. Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
thedata collection and analysis process, with coding in cycles and frequent reflection as described inthe following sections. Cycle 1: Initial read-through with attribute coding. Silverman (1993) assertedsuperior qualitative research must draw interpretations and remain consistent with the dataIMPACT MENTORING PROGRAM 12collected. Therefore, an initial read-through of the transcripts was independently conducted usingthe basic deductive concepts of thematic content analysis to develop attribute codes. This processallowed for detection and identification of factors that potentially influenced any issuesgenerated by the participants that aligned to the conceptual
supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No.DRL- 1543175. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in thismaterial are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation. 14The PictureSTEM curriculum that was implemented as part of this study was developed byTamara Moore, Kristina Tank, Elizabeth Gajdzik (and everyone else…). We would also like toacknowledge the other members of this project team who contributed to the design of this studyand collection of the data: Sean Brophy, Annwesa Dasgupta, Elizabeth Gajdzik, Morgan Hynes,Tony Lowe, Tamara Moore, Muhsin Menekse
at Duke University than they were about being successful inthe engineering industry after graduation. As was reflected in the open-ended responses fromSurvey 1 and Survey 3, participants in the focus group also listed math as their most difficultSTEM course. As far as their opinions on the Engineering Design and Communication course,students had a positive experience to date in the class. They appreciated learning a quantitativeapproach to choosing a design solution as well as the unique opportunities the course providedwhich they might not find elsewhere at Duke. Students elaborated on learning the engineeringdesign process, saying the process is different than expected as it took much more time than theythought would be necessary for
inthis material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NationalScience Foundation. The authors wish to thank the STRIDE team and the interview participantsfor their participation in the study.References[1] The United States Department of Education, “Stem 2026 A Vision for Innovation in Stem Education,” U.S. Dep. Educ. Work., p. 55, 2016.[2] D. P. Giddens, R. E. Borchelt, V. R. Carter, W. S. Hammack, L. H. Jamieson, J. H. Johnson, V. Kramer, P. J. Natale, D. a. Scheufele, and J. F. Sullivan, Changing the conversation: messages for improving public understanding of engineering. 2008.[3] N. S. Foundation, “Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering: 2017
on a Google sheet that the instructor manages.Tasks include grading daily quizzes, running critique workshops of three to six students, gradingmajor assignments, and special assignments, such as creating a format template in MicrosoftWord for the proposal.Background: Rather than having students bring drafts to class for on-the-spot critiquing,the course runs more formal critiquing based on the Iowa Writers Workshop One feature that distinguishes the course is the course’s peer critiquing, which follows theIowa Writers’ Workshop for creative writing [11]. In this approach, the students submit theirassignment excerpts at least two days before the workshop so that the peers and often a mentorhave the chance to read, reflect, edit, and
to working as a civilengineer requires passing two exams (FE and PE) and M/30 that other engineeringdisciplines do not require. So more clear communication on these issues is important.Clearly outlining the necessity for requiring an M/30 prior to professional licensure will beimportant. The reasons that students used in their writings may provide insight into thearguments that they found most compelling. It is important that this message comes fromindustry and practicing engineers rather than academia. A number of the seniors usedlanguage that reflected their belief that the M/30 requirement was motivated by greedyuniversities. Some students proposed changes in the BS degree or changes in the PE examthat could ensure competency. There
tofirst reflect upon and identify HC and then to respond and react to HC from an emotional, self-efficacy, and self-advocacy standpoint.C. Preliminary considerations for appropriate interventions for HC in engineeringRecent literature has indicated that when engineering educators and students fail to recognize thepersistence of a cultural influence in engineering education, undesirable consequences can result[51]. For example, a lack of culturally-responsive and holistic curricular content may limit students'understanding of their future professional roles [52], which may hinder students’ sense of"ownership" (i.e., self-efficacy) of their professional actions and beliefs [53], [54]. In addition, a lackof social capital for underrepresented groups